Ellen Pompeo Just Welcomed a Baby Boy — Find Out His Sweet Name

2016 has been, for the most part, a pretty crappy year, rounding itself out with lots of unfortunate news about the world's favorite celebrities. But at least the Pompeo-Ivery household is closing out the year with some super exciting, not crappy news: a baby!

Ellen Pompeo — yes, Meredith Grey — announced the arrival of a new bundle of joy (who will maybe someday also become a part of a Pompeo's cool Hollywood squad) on Thursday via an adorable Instagram photo. In the pic, Pompeo's husband Chris Ivery holds their new little human, whose name is (drumroll...) Eli Christopher. (Speculative theory: It appears to be a combo of the names Ellen and Chris. Oh, celebs and their baby names.)

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"Chris Ivery just fell a notch," the Grey's Anatomy star wrote in the post. "I've got a new guy.'

This is Pompeo and Ivery's first baby boy. The couple has two other children, both girls — Stella Luna, 7, and Sienna May, 2. Sienna May was born via a surrogate.

The new boy in the family will likely be raised to have some good feminist values — and to respect women. Earlier this year, Pompeo shared a photo of her girls watching Hillary Clinton on television. "Thank you @hillaryclinton for showing my daughters they are capable of anything," she wrote at the time.